Bottle-capping device.



G. A. WILLIAMS. BOTTLE GAPPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1912.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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1,126,330, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan, 26 1915Application filed nine 11, 1912. Serial No. 703,027.

To all whom it may concern Be it'known that I, Gnonen A. WILLIAMS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bottle-Capping Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is a new and useful device for applying and fasteningbottle caps to" b ttl d i ti l l d t d f r uge aof the chuck being veryshallow so that the in connection with bottle caps constructed inaccordance with my Patents Numbers 873,646; 822,567.

The object of the invention is to provide a device by means of which thebottle cap can be quickly, easily and securely applied to and fastenedupon the mouth of the bottle, and with this object in view, theinvention consists in the novel features of construction, combinationand arrangement of parts all of which will be fully describedhereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is aperspective view of a device constructed in accordance with my inventionand showing the practical application thereof. Fig. 2 is a face viewofthe chuck having the bottle cap arranged therein ready to be forced uponthe mouth of the bottle. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the device inthe act of fastening the ca upon the bottle. ta en on the line 44 ofFig. 3 looking downwardly. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on the line55 of Fig. 2, and, Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the end of thechuck and bottle cap held therein.

In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable stand A, in connectionwith which I arrange a support B, and chuck C, the support being movableand the chuck C being fixed as shown, but it will of course beunderstood that the support can be made stationary and the chuck movableif so desired.

The support and chuck are in alinement so that when a bottle cap D, isarranged in the lower end of the chuck and a bottle E is arranged uponthe support and moved u wardly the mouth or head of the bottle Wlll beforced into engagement with the cap held by the chuck. In order toeffect this holding operation I employ two springs F, and G, arrangedupon opposite sides of the chuck Fig. 4 is a sectionand located insuitable recesses F, andG',

and the recess F, being straight, whereas the recess G is preferablykey-hole shaped and the spring G is corres ondingly shaped. The lowerend of the chuc is formed with a circul'arnrecess which corresponds insize with the top of the bottle cap D, and the springs F, and G,engaging the bottle cap securely hold the same in the recess, the frontwall of the-circularrecess in the-end bottle cap can be pushed in fromthe front between the springs F, and G, and continue rearwardly until itcontacts with the rear wall whlch is much deeper than the front wall andserves as a stop and pro erly centers the cap at the end of the chuck.

A bracket casting H, is attached to the shaft I, one end bearing upon astud attached to the handle and the other to a stud projecting from thebearing sleeve H.

N, indicates a horizontal recess or groove cut in the front of the chuckand in which the curved, or angular finger K, normally rests when thedevice is not in operation as most clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thespring M, serves to hold the handle L, and finger K, in their uppermostpositions.

A bottle cap constructed in accordance with my patents heretoforereferred to embodies a slotted apron, a clamping ring and a lockinglever for binding the apron and ring tightly upon the mouth or head of abottle, and when the bottle cap is inserted in the lower end of chuck asshown in Figs.

1 and 2, this lever is in an n right position,

and after the cap has been orced upon the mouth or head of the bottle itthen becomes necessary to turn the said fastening lever .down, and inorder to accomplish this the handle L, is given a half revolution, whichoperation carries the curved or angular finger K, out of the recess N,into engagement with the fastening lever of the bottle cap and carriesthe same over and down until the locking operation has been completed,and the handle being released the ring M, immediately returns the handleand finger to their normal positions and the bottle with the cap thereoncan be removed and these operations repeated.

It will thus be seen that I rovide a cheap simple and eflicient deviceor quickly and easily applyinggllid fastenin bottle caps of the kinddescri to the hea s of bottles.

What I claim is 1. A device of the kind described comprising a support,a chuck, a bracket attached to said chuck, a shaft journaled in saidbracket and having an angular finger at one end and a handle at theoplposite end, said handle being provided wit a sprin for returning thesame to its normal position, the front of to receive the finger, as setforth.

the chuck having a groove 01' recess adapted 2. A device-of the kinddescribed comprising a stand, a chuck, a support movable toward and awayfrom the said chuck, the lower end of said chuck havin means for holdinga cap, a bracket attac ed to said chuck at one side, a shaft journaledin said bracket, and having a handle at one end and a finger at theopposite end, said finger resting in a groove or recess produced in theside of chuck and means for normally holding said finger in said recessor groove.

GEORGE A. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

' B. S. GILHULY,

J. H. MALONEY.

